Reading Challenges 2023

It’s technically possible to squeeze in another couple of books before midnight on December 31, 2023 but unlikely, so I think I can safely draw a line under the reading challenges for the year.

I participated in six challenges this year – finished four; one is ongoing; and one I failed miserably. Continue reading

What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma

When I read the first line of the blurb to What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, I laughed –

By my twenty-seventh birthday, I owned 142 sweaters, and it was high time I saw a therapist.

And then I stopped laughing, because the next bit of the blurb read –

What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without them? Continue reading

20 Books of Summer (except that it’s Winter)

Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. As Cathy explains, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever). The challenge is straightforward – read twenty books between June 1st and September 1st. Continue reading